Jan 17, 2013 | Moves News | 
Morgan Lewis Expands Business and Finance Capabilities to Orange County, Continues Southern California Expansion

Morgan Lewis announced today that a group of lawyers led by partners Ellen S. Bancroft and Bryan S. Gadol have joined the firm in its Business and Finance Practice, resident in the firm’s Irvine office. Their arrival extends the firm’s corporate capabilities to Orange County, and continues the firm’s growth there, following the arrivals of Collie James in 2012 and Robert Gooding and Scott Garner in 2011. Ms. Bancroft and Mr. Gadol most recently served as partners at another AmLaw 100 firm, with Ms. Bancroft leading that firm’s California Corporate Group. Joining them is of counsel Joo Ryung Kang, a seasoned corporate lawyer who has been practicing with Ms. Bancroft and Mr. Gadol for years (more…)

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Jan 17, 2013 | Moves News | 
Greenberg Traurig Expands Its San Francisco Office with the Addition of Prominent White Collar Litigation Attorney Carolyn F. McNiven

The international law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP announced that Carolyn F. McNiven has joined as a shareholder in the Litigation practice in San Francisco. She focuses her practice on white collar defense matters, representing multi-million dollar public companies, private companies, as well as individuals (more…)

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Jan 17, 2013 | Recent Deals | 
Davis Polk Advises Comcast on Its $3 Billion Notes Offering

Davis Polk advised Comcast Corporation on its SEC-registered debt offering of $750 million aggregate principal amount of 2.85% notes due 2023, $1.7 billion aggregate principal amount of 4.25% notes due 2033 and $500 million aggregate principal amount of 4.5% notes due 2043. The offering was made through an underwriting syndicate led by Barclays Capital Inc., Goldman, Sachs & Co., RBS Securities Inc., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and UBS Securities LLC (more…)

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DLA Piper Represents Eagle View Technologies in Merger with Pictometry International

DLA Piper represented Eagle View Technologies, Inc. in a merger with Pictometry International that created a combined new company valued at approximately US$400 million. The merger creates an entity that offers comprehensive and robust capabilities in aerial imagery collections, geospatial analytics and 3D measurement technologies (more…)

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Jan 17, 2013 | Recent Deals | 
Simpson Thacher Achieves Dismissal For Lion Capital

On January 16, 2013, in a 71-page opinion, Judge Margaret Morrow of the United States District Court for the Central District of California dismissed a securities class action lawsuit against Simpson Thacher-client Lion Capital, an alleged lender of American Apparel with representation on American Apparel’s board (more…)

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Jan 16, 2013 | Recent Deals | 
O’Melveny Represents Kabam in Acquisition of Exploding Barrel Games

O’Melveny & Myers LLP represented Kabam, the leader in free-to-play core gaming, in its acquisition of Vancouver-based Exploding Barrel Games. Terms of the deal were not disclosed (more…)

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Jan 15, 2013 | Moves News | 
Dorsey Adds Five Lawyers From Prominent Bankruptcy Firm Murray & Murray

International law firm Dorsey & Whitney LLP announced today that five attorneys have joined its Palo Alto office from the well-known bankruptcy law firm, Murray & Murray (more…)

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Jan 15, 2013 | Moves News | 
Greenberg Traurig Bolsters Its IP Litigation Practice in California with the Addition of William Sloan Coats

The international law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP announced that William Sloan Coats has joined its Silicon Valley office as a shareholder in the Intellectual Property & Technology Practice (more…)

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Jan 15, 2013 | Recent Deals | ,
DLA Piper Represents Sorteo Games Inc. in Electronic Lottery Agreement with Jumbo Interactive Ltd.

DLA Piper represented US-based Sorteo Games Inc., a leading provider of electronic lottery systems, in an exclusive long-term strategic alliance in Mexico with leading Australian interactive lottery business Jumbo Interactive Ltd (more…)

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Jan 15, 2013 | Moves News | 
Reed Smith Adds Global Regulatory Enforcement Partner in San Francisco

Reed Smith LLP, a leading international law firm, today announced the addition of Tracy K. Genesen, who joins the firm as a San Francisco-based partner in its Global Regulatory Enforcement group. Ms. Genesen joins Reed Smith from Kirkland & Ellis LLP, where she was a partner focused on regulatory litigation (more…)

www.reedsmith.com

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Jan 15, 2013 | Moves News | 
Procopio Adds Three New Attorneys to Downtown and Del Mar Heights Offices

The firm is proud to announce the addition of 3 attorneys to their San Diego and Del Mar Heights offices. Amy S. Cannon joins the firm as Of Counsel, while Michael R. Kiesling joins as Senior Counsel, and Ryan M. Dietz joins as an associate (more…)

www.procopio.com

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Jan 15, 2013 | Recent Deals | 
Davis Polk Advises Comcast on Its Acquisition of Shares of ARRIS

Davis Polk is advising Comcast Corporation in connection with its $150 million acquisition of shares of the common stock of ARRIS Group, Inc. The issuance of shares to Comcast is conditioned on the closing of the ARRIS Group’s acquisition of the Motorola Home business from Motorola Mobility, a subsidiary of Google Inc., and other customary conditions. As a result of the transaction, Comcast and Google will each own approximately 7.85% of the outstanding ARRIS shares (more…)

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